Circut-closer for alarm-circuits.



A. J. PAHISS'.

CIRCLHT CLOSER FOR ALARM CRCUlTS. APPLlcATloN man MAY10. i918.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY ANTHONY J. 'PARISSL A0F COHOES, NEW YORK.

CIRCUIT-CLOSER FOR ALARM-CIRCUITS. K

1,292,030. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1919.

Application led May 10, 1918. Serial No. 233,760.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANTHONY J. PAiiissi, a citizen of the United States, residing at the support indicatedby B in Fig. 1 being omitted.

Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section'of the ohoes, in the county of Albany and State of circuit closing means.

ew York, have invented certain new and Corresponding and like parts are referred useful Improvements in Circuit-Closers for to in the following description and indi- Alarm-Circuits, of which the following is a cated in the several views of the drawings by specification. like reference characters.

Persons engaged in business pursuits are The letter B designates a place of business frequently held up and robbed of their which is provided with circuit closing means goods or money, the robber ordering the perdesigned to be operated by the foot of the son being robbed, to hold up is hands merchant or assistant. long the counter his invention aims to provide the merchant and out of sight as well as out of the way is wit a means of safety whereby he may sum ocated a circuit closer, the same comprising mons help under such conditions a. fixe member and a movable member The n accordance with this invention the fixe member comprises an upper plate oi merchant has his place of business connected strip 2 and depending plates or strips 3 and with a station from which help may be sume strip 3 depends to a greater distance moned, the station being provided with an than the strip 4 and is lo( ated along the in- 75 indicator and the place of business bein ner edge of the strip of plate 2. The stri equipped with a circuit closing device of is disposed along the outer edge of the nove structure which is adapted to be operstrip 2 i racket 5 forms supporting ate y the merchant or his representative, means for the circuit closer and as indicated even though the hands are uplifted in 0bedimost clearly7 in Fig. 1, is attached to the 80 ence to a command from the robber. Hoor 6 and extends along the outer side of T e invention provides a circuit closing the strip 3 thence over the strip 2 and the means which is adapted to be o erated by upper edges of the strips 3 and 4. There the foot, thereby enabling an alrm to be must be as many brackets 5 as may be resounded and elp summoned without use of quired to form a substantial support for the the ands and while thesame are iii an up` circuit closer. The movable member 7 is lifted position inged at its outer edge to the lower ledge of The invention furthermore provides a cirt e depending strip 4 and is limited in its cuit closing means of such construction as ownward movement by stops 8 proiectinY not to be accidentally operated and which orwardlv from the depending strip 3. The will not collect dirt in a manner to prevent inges forming connecting means between its operation in an emergency. t e strips 7 and 4 are indicated at 9.

Afurther purpose of the invention is the contact 10 is applied to the under face provision of circuit closing means which is of the strip 2 and is of zigzag form as indiarranged so as to be operated from any posicated most clearly in Fig. 2. said vcontact 96 tion within a given radius so that the mer* preferably consisting of a wire bent into zigc ant or assistant may sound an alarm and zag form and secured to the lower face of summon help should occasion present itself. the strip or plate 2 in any manner A con- The rawing illustrates a preferred emtact 11 is secured to the upper face of the bodiment of the invention owever, it is to movable member 7 and is likewise of zig-zag 100 e understood that in adapting the same to orm an consists of a wire bent into shape meet diiferent conditions various chauffes in substantially as shown in Fig 3 The anguthe orm, proportion, and minor details of ar portions 0f the Contact@ 10 ,fmd 11 are construction may be resorted to without deisnosed to cross one another as indicated parting from the nature of the invention as in Fig 2. v reason of the formation of the claimed hereinafter. contacts, a pluralitv of points are provided igure 1 is a sectional detail of a circuit so as to insure positive and ccrtain closing closer for an alarm circuit embodying Ythe inof the circuit when the movable member 7 is vention. actuated. Under normal conditions the eon- Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the'line tacts it? and l1 are spaced apart at all 110 2`2 of Fig. i, looking upward as indicated points. but when the movable member is by the arrow, parts being broken and pressed upwardly, the alarm circuit closed by some one or more of the. points of the contacts 10 and 11, making engagement, thereby sounding an alarm at the station and operating an indicator so.that help may be summoned when required. The lead wires c` are connected with the respective contacts 10 and 11, as indicated in Fig. 2.

rIhe weight of the member 7 is usuall` suiicient to normally maintain the contacts 10 and 11 separated, but yieldable elements 1'2 may be interposed between the parts 2 and 7 to hold the latter in given position and keep the contacts 10 and 11 separated. The yieldable elements 12 may consist of blocks of rubber or hel-ical springs as vwill be readily understood. y

-When the invention is installed in a place of business, the circuit closer is arranged beneath the counter and near the floor and may be of any length. The movable member 7 is disposed in such a position as to be engaged by the toe of the oot, thereby enabling the wardly to bring the contacts 10 and 11 into engagement to close the alarm circuit.. It will be understood that the circuit closer is hidden from View and disposed so asto be out of the way yet is readily acccessible at all times to enable the merchant or his assistant to send in an alarm and a call for help in the event of an attempt being made to rob or hold up the merchant. 1When the merchant obeys a command to hold up his hands, he at the same time, may bring his` Jfoot into operation to actuate the circuit closer by pressing the member 7 upwardly as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. l, thereby sending in a call for help when an [o attempt is made to perpetrate a robbery.

The foregoing description and the drawmeinber 7 to be pressed up ings have reference to what may be considered the preferred, or approved, form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, prove expedient and fall within the' scope of the appended claims'.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l 1. A circuit closer of the character specified, comprising an upper member embodying a plate and ,strips depending Jfrom the longitudinal edges of the plate, member hinged at one edge to one of the strips, stop means on the remaining depending strip to limit the downward movement of the second member, and contacts on the opposing faces of the said plate and movable member.

2. Circuit closing means comprising a fixed member, comprising ahorizontally disposed plate and strips depending longitudinal edges of the plate, a movable member hinged to one of the strips, a stop projecting from the remaining strip to engage the free edge of the movable member, contacts on the opposing faces of the movable member and the horizontal strip of the fixed Ymember and yieldable means between the two members to/normally hold them separated and the contacts out of engagement.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTHONY J. PARISSI.

lVitnesses Burns H. THWEATH, EDWARD KwENsKn-z.

as may a second from both- 

